Application Engineer - Space

APR Technologies AB; Enköpings kommun; In loco; SEK 850.000 - 1.100.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

APR Technologies AB is seeking a senior, customer-facing engineer to drive technical dialogue from opportunity through delivery. You will translate customer and contractual needs into clear commitments while balancing performance, cost, schedule and risk.

The role requires five+ years in customer-facing solutions for complex hardware, plus proven ability to translate requirements into proposals, scope, and acceptance criteria. English fluency and travel are expected.

Competenze

• Five+ years in customer-facing solutions for complex hardware.
• Experience converting customer needs into proposals, scope, deliverables and acceptance criteria.
• Proven negotiation experience with commercial impact.
• Ability to assess trade-offs across performance, cost, schedule and risk.
• Fluent professional English and willingness to travel regularly.

Mansioni

• Lead technical customer dialogue, clarify needs and align solution scope and acceptance criteria.
• Own technical inputs to bids, proposals, compliance matrices, statements of work and estimates.
• Secure internal review and approval before technical or commercial commitments.
• Coordinate engineering, Product Assurance, project and sales teams around customer commitments.
• Negotiate technical changes with visibility of cost, schedule, risk and qualification impacts.
• Represent APR at customer sites during sales meetings, reviews, integration and tests.

Conoscenze

Customer-facing

Technical negotiation

Trade-off analysis

Proposal development

ECSS knowledge

English fluency

Travel willingness

Formazione

Engineering BSc/MSc

Descrizione del lavoro

The role:

In this role you will own the technical customer interface from opportunity and proposal through project execution and delivery. You will shape an agreed solution and scope by translating customer and contractual needs into clear commitments while balancing performance, qualification, cost, schedule, risk and commercial objectives.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead technical customer dialogue, clarify needs and align the proposed solution, scope and acceptance criteria.

• Own technical inputs to bids, proposals, compliance matrices, statements of work, estimates and negotiations.

• Secure internal review and approval before technical or commercial commitments are made to customers.

• Coordinate engineering, Product Assurance, project and sales teams around customer commitments and priorities.

• Negotiate technical changes, CCNs, deviations and waivers, making cost, schedule, risk and qualification impacts visible.

• Represent APR at customer sites during sales meetings, reviews, integration and tests and maintain trusted long-term relationships.

Who you are:

You work well with others, communicating clearly and credibly with both technical specialists and commercial decision-makers. You are responsive and diplomatic while protecting scope and avoiding unsupported customer commitments. Business-minded and structured, you are comfortable resolving conflicting priorities and at ease in a fast-moving environment where decisions are made quickly.

Required qualifications:

• Relevant engineering BSc/MSc or equivalent technical experience.

• At least five years in customer-facing solutions, project or application engineering for complex hardware.

• Experience converting customer and contractual needs into proposals, technical scope, deliverables and acceptance criteria.

• Documented experience of technical negotiation, scope control and change management with commercial impact.

• Ability to assess and communicate trade-offs across performance, qualification, cost, schedule and risk.

• Working knowledge of relevant ECSS standards.

• Fluent professional English and willingness to travel regularly.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with space projects involving ESA, a space prime contractor, an equipment supplier or an institutional customer.

• Experience in bid management, technical sales, key account management, project management or financial monitoring.

• Experience with thermal control, fluid systems, spacecraft integration or environmental testing.

Working at APR Technologies:

APR operates at the intersection of physics, engineering and one of the most pressing problems in technology: thermal management. The ambition is to become the global industry standard for thermal control, and we are well on our way.

Here your work is visible, your perspective counts and what you do has a real impact on where the company goes. Working here means solving problems that have real consequences for how technology develops and how much energy it consumes. It means being part of a team that takes both the technology and the business seriously.

About APR Technologies:

APR Technologies is a Swedish deep tech company developing and producing high-performance liquid cooling for applications in space, defense, batteries and chip cooling. Our core technology Rheion®, developed in collaboration with ESA and Airbus and protected by more than 70 granted patents in 22 countries, directs cooling liquid flow directly to the heat source with no moving parts.